PATRIOT FILE PHOTO october 8, 1981

O.K. - GO ! – All set to have her face painted at the Airport Fun Day is 4-year-old Shay Oulette of Centerville. Ruth Caruso, face painting artist, is a member of the Hyannis Junior Woman’s Club which sponsored the event which raised $850 for the Doreen Grace Fund for brain research.

1841

A storm of wind, hail and rain, commenced here about 1 o’clock last Sabbath morning, which for its severity and duration, has not been equaled by any storm we have experienced in this vicinity, since the great gale of September, 1815. The storm began with hail, which soon turned to rain, with wind from the North East, increasing in violence until it became a perfect gale, and continued thus for nearly forty-eight hours. The sloop Henry Clay, of and from Sandwich for Boston, which put in here for a harbor, and was anchored very snugly we thought, inside the Point, broke from her anchors and drove ashore near the Common Fields, during Sabbath night, and now lays high and dry on the beach. The effects of the wind are visible everywhere around us. Buildings have been injured—trees, some of large size—fences, corn, &c. &c. have been prostrated in many places, and vegetation generally has suffered more or less damage.

1871

Capt. Daniel P. Bursley, of West Barnstable, one of our most accomplished and successful young shipmasters, left for San Francisco on Saturday last, where he is to take command of the fine ship California, owned by W. F. Weld & Co., of Boston, in whose employ he has sailed for the past ten years. We wish him every success.

1901

It was somewhat of a mushroom that was shown us by Dr. C. E. Harris one day last week. It measured 27 3-4 inches in circumference, 8 1-2 inches in diameter, ad weighed three pounds! This Cape Cod production was grown on the premises of Mr. Frank Crowell on North street.

1911

Mr. Charles Armstrong of Oyster Harbors returned to Pittsburg. Mrs. Armstrong and her daughter, Mary Martha Armstrong, will return this week. Mary M. is a remarkable rider for one so young. No wonder she and her famous Welch pony “Taffy” won the red and blue ribbons at Barnstable County fair for riding, and among all ponies. Annie Pillow Halliday, the little friend of the Armstrong’s from the south, is also a fine rider, and with her pony, “Neddie Doodles,” won 3d honors for riding. These children and their handsome ponies will be missed on our streets. They can ride good enough to accompany ex-president Roosevelt on one of his trails in the saddle; they cannot be easily thrown off.

1921

October First and the scallop law is off and the scallop are on the market and the bill of fares. Those engaged in the business were on hand on Saturday and a good many were brought in. There were also numerous people on the shore procuring their individual or family dinner—for the scallop at this season is a great treat.

1931

The Wequaquet lodge at Osterville widely known for the excellence of the meals served there and frequented formerly by President Grover Cleveland and Joe Jefferson, went up in smoke early Friday morning, fire of an unknown origin breaking out shortly after mid-night and assuming such proportions before its discovery that the entire structure burned despite the efforts of the firemen. The structure was a low rambling one of a score of rooms and was owned by Samuel J. Maloney and said he had a quantity of new furnishings in the house, two tons of coal in the cellar and unusual quantity of provisions in expectation of a large week-end business all proving a total loss.

1941

A well-organized system for evacuating the infirm, the women and children from Provincetown in a war emergency by the use of fishing boats, will be given its first test. The test will naturally be on a minor scale, but is expected to give authorities some idea of how the evacuation setup would function should the tip end of the Cape ever fall into the path of war. At a prearranged signal two or three truckloads of women and children will be dispatched from opposite ends of the town and the evacuees will be taken to the end of the Town Pier, where they will be taken aboard radio-equipped fishing boats. The boats, thus loaded with civilians, will get under way at full speed and proceed to a stated point outside Provincetown Harbor.

1951

Playing at the Center Theater this weekend, Red Badge of Courage staring Audie Murphy and Bill Mauldin; Angels in the Outfield, starring Paul Douglas and Janet Leigh; and Samson and Delilah, starring Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature. And don’t forget kids Clarabell, The Clown from the Howdy Doody’s TV Show on our stage in person Saturday at 1 p.m.

1961

Anthony Casella, chairman announced that the 163-year-old United States Marine Band will appear in Hyannis, under the auspices of the Hyannis Kiwanis Club as part of the Presidentially-approved tour covering New England. Under the leadership of Lt. Col Albert Schoepper, the Marine Band is known to millions of Americans through its annual tours, its frequent radio broadcasts and television appearances and its concert series in the Nation’s Capital.

1971

Lombard Farm main building came one step closer to destruction when the Board of Selectmen, after some debate, decided to go ahead with plans to award a demolition contract to the low bidder. George Raposa of Carriage Rd., Falmouth bid $2,580 for the demolition contract. The Board received numerous bids for the job. A sum of $3,000 had been made available earlier for the demolition task.

1981

The newly appointed agent for the 100-acre Cobb lots, left for municipal purposes over a century ago, says the town has disregarded terms of the trust for almost 50 years. And in the process, says Trustee Agent David B. Cole, selectmen have leased valuable tracts of business-zoned land at nominal rentals of $1 to $600 a year. Cole believes the arrangements are “improper, invalid and not in the best interests of the town.” The leases affect land on Rte. 28 just east of the Airport Rotary. Cole says further that other leases and use of Cobb land by the airport commission, Barnstable Fire District and the industrial park appear to have been done without regard to terms of the will—that of Enoch T. Cobb in 1867.

1991

Cape Cod Cablevision reports that it is back up to normal operations after going through major reconstruction after Hurricane Bob.

2001

Barnstable Recreation Commission met at the Kennedy Rink in Hyannis and bandied about possibilities` for the location of a new Little League field which would be needed if the new rink facility passes on the ballot in November. It was decided that a parcel of land should be purchased by the town and given to the Barnstable Little League. Parcels considered included the Sheriff’s Ranch on Race Lane in Marstons Mills which could support four fields in a clover shape (the most popular idea for a complex) with at least two Little League fields, or two Little League fields back to back.